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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 11:48 AM
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Americans should emulate the beloved corporations - stop paying taxes!
Many corporations, as we know, pay no taxes. In fact, many of them get refunds. Yet, the lowly minimum wage worker is asked to pay taxes, albeit a very low amount. What would happen if the people simply said, we quit! We don't want to pay anymore taxes. After all, as the conservatives say, it's the people's money - not the governments. Well, we don't like our money going to Halliburton and other corporate criminals so we don't want to pay any more taxes to them. Suck the blood out of America at the expense of poor and working AMericans. Screw 'em!
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 11:50 AM
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1. And move offshore. n/t
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 12:04 PM
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2. ONLY TAX THE STUPID
the uninformed, the ignorant, I'm sorry I'm referring to the HOW COULD THIS MANY PEOPLE BE SO STUPID, (Guardian Headline).
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teryang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 12:11 PM
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3. Corporate tax burden v. Payroll tax burden (Federal Tax)
As a percent of total receipts:

1950 26.5 6.9
1960 23.2 11.8
1970 17.0 18.2
1980 12.5 24.5
1990 9.1 35.5
2000 10.2 31.1

Source: Kevin Phillips, Wealth and Democracy

The corporate rich having it their way.
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